Curtain, blanket, and quilt frame.



c. E. JOHNSON. CURTAIN, BLANKET, A APPLICATION FILED ND QUILT FRAME.

MAY 23. I9I2.

Patented Mar. 20, 19.17.

CHLOE E. JOHNSON, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

CURTAIN, BLANKET, AND QUILT FRAME.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 20, 1917.

Application filed May 23, 1912. Serial No. 699,180.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHLOE E. JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Springfield, in the county of Hamp'den and State ofMassachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inGurtain, Blanket, and Quilt Frames, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in curtain, blanketand quilting frames, and has for its object to provide a device of thischaracter which may be readily adjusted to different sized objects whichare held thereby and further to provide means for fastening said objectsto the frame without the use of pins.

Another object of the invention is to construct the frame in easel form,permitting the frame to be placed in any desirable posi tion withouthaving to carry a table or chairs about from place to place. The legswhich hold the frame are hinged thereto so that they fold against theside of the frame making a compact package when not in place andpermitting the same to be placed in a very small compartment.

By eliminating the use of pins in fastening the object to the frame, thepossibility of tearing the object is overcome and no holes are made inthe goods when being used as a quilting frame.

With these ends in view, this invention consists in the details ofconstruction and combination of elements hereinafter set forth and thenspecifically designated by the claim.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this inventionappertains may understand how to make and use the same, I will describeits construction in detail, referring by numerals to the accompanyingdrawing forming a part of this specification, in which- The figure is aperspective view of the frame showing it standing as when in use.

In carrying out my invention as here embodied, I employ a pair ofcoasting side members 2 and 3 respectively and a pair of coacting endmembers 4 and 5 respectively. From these side and end members I producefour corner sections 6, 7, 8 and 9, each section comprising one endmember and one side member. These end and side members are divided intotwo sets, each set comprising four of the members and the members of oneset I will term guide members 11 and the members of the other setsliding members 12. Each of the guide members has a longitudinalrelatively narrow cut away portion 13 at one edge thereof, forming arelatively wide arm 14. Each of the sliding members 12 has a relativelywide longitudinal cut away portion 15 producing a relatively narrow arm16 which slides against the edge of the relatively wide arm, being heldthereto by the guides orclips 17 which are preferably produced from fiatstrips of metal bent upon themselves and their ends fastened in place bynails 18 or their equivalent.

After adjusting the frame, the coacting members are held in theiradjusted positions by frame clamps 19, each of which consists of a body20 passing beneath the arms of the co-acting members, and right angledextensions 21 through one of which is threaded a thumb screw 22. Whenthese clamps are in place, one of the extensions hes against one edge ofone of the arms and the mner end of the thumb screw will engage the edgeof the other arm, and by threading said screw inward said arms Wlll bedrawn together and held against displacement.

One of the arms, preferably the relatively wide one, forming ends andsides are each provided with a rabbet, which registers with alongitudinal groove 24: formed in the face of the holding strip 25.These holding strips are held in place by the holding strip clamps 26which are quite similar to the frame clamps, with the exception as tosize. In the holding strip clamps the body 2-7 is relatively short,being only suflicient to accommodate the thickness of the membersforming the frame and the holding strip while the extensions 28 thereofare relatively long so as to reach the holding strips which areplacedadjacent the inner edges of the side and end members.

These clamps are provided with thumb screws 29 for forcing the' holdingstrips against the members. 30 denotes a pair of legs hinged to theframe so that when in use their free ends will rest upon the groundwhile the edge of the frame opposite to the side to which the legs arehinged will also rest upon the ground, allowing the frame to stand whilein use like an easel.

In practice the frame is adjusted to the correct size and the frameclamps 19 placed in position and fastened so that the parts will be heldstationary, then the object to be placed on the frame is laid over thesame and one edge at a time fastened in position by placing the holdingstrips 25 on theoutside thereof, so that the groove 24 Will be inalinement with the rib 23. The holding strip clamps 26 are then placedin position and by drawing down on the thumb screw 29 the object will beforced into the grooves 24: so as to conform with the rib 23, and saidobject will be securely held in place.

Of course I do not wish to be limited to the exact details ofconstruction as here shown, as these may be varied Within the limits ofthe appended claim without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new anduseful, is

A curtain, blanket, and quilt frame comprising four corner sections eachconsisting of two arms projecting at right angles to each other withtheir upper faces lying in the same plane, certain of said arms beingrelatively wide transversely and the others Copies of this patent may beobtained for five cents each,

relatively narrow transversely, said narrow arms adapted to coact Withthe outer edges of said wide arms, means" carried by certain of saidarms for holding and guiding the coacting arms, means for holding saidarms in their adjusted positions and means for detachably fastening anobject to the frame, said means consisting of ribs formed upon certainof the arms, holding strips having grooves formed lengtl'iwise thereofin their inner faces and adapted to register with the ribs, and meansengaging said strips and the arms'on which they are mounted for holdingthe former in position.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto allixed my signature in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHLOE E. JOHNSON.

by addressing the Commissioner of Patents Washington, D. 0.

